Harrington Park School District

Harrington Park School District
Address
191 Harriot Avenue Harrington Park , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07640 United States
Coordinates	40°59′08″N73°58′59″W / 40.985656°N 73.98312°W / 40.985656; -73.98312
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Adam Fried
Business administrator	Bryan Jursca
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	644 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty	56.9 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.3:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.hpsd.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,481 33 $18,891 −2.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,404 42 14,159 8.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,833 51 8,659 13.6% 6 Support Services 2,220 32 2,167 2.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,559 20 1,547 0.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,613 35 1,612 0.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 180 49 104 73.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 66,229 49 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Harrington Park School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Harrington Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 644 students and 56.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. ^[6]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, together with students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan ^[7] along with students from Rockleigh who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. ^[8] It is one of the two schools of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from the neighboring communities of Closter, Demarest and Haworth at the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. ^{[9] [10]} During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. ^[11] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,044 students and 104.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. ^[12]

The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of seven such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District. ^[13]

School

• Harrington Park School serves students in grades PreK-8. The school had an enrollment of 616 students as of the 2020–21 school year. ^[14]
  • Jessica Nitzberg, principal ^[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[16] [17]}

• Adam D. Fried, superintendent ^[18]
• Bryan Jursca, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2014) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

References

1. District information for Harrington Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Harrington Park Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Harrington Park School District. Accessed October 24, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades kindergarten through eight in the Harrington Park School District. Composition: The Harrington Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Harrington Park."
4. School Performance Reports for the Harrington Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 17, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Harrington Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 14, 2014.
7. Home page, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 4, 2011. Accessed October 14, 2014. "Welcome to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, home of the Golden Knights. Although our students reside in four different towns; Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan, once they arrive here they are treated as one."
8. Rockleigh Public Services, Rockleigh, New Jersey. Accessed October 14, 2014. "Rockleigh Borough is a 'sending district' in that there is no public school within the Borough, except for three special-education schools administered by Bergen County.... The Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, a nationally ranked high school, receives older children from Rockleigh Borough."
9. Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Located in the upper North Eastern corner of the state, Northern Valley Regional is comprised of two high schools, Northern Valley at Demarest and Northern Valley at Old Tappan... Our long standing successful and cost efficient Pre-K-12 consortium remains an exemplar model of shared services including seven local Pre-K-8 districts that send their students to the regional high schools: Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan."
10. Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed May 31, 2016. "The seven towns that make up the Northern Valley Regional High School District - Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan - are situated in the northeast corner of Bergen County, New Jersey."
11. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016.
12. School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Old Tappan, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
13. Region III Overview, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Responding to this the Bergen County Superintendents Council almost 25 years ago, divided and reorganized the county into seven regions for special education. Bergen County Region III is comprised of nine participating districts: Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan."
14. School Data for Harrington Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
15. Principal, Harrington Park School District. Accessed October 24, 2022.
16. Staff Directory, Harrington Park School District. Accessed October 24, 2022.
17. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
18. Superintendent, Harrington Park School District. Accessed October 24, 2022.
19. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
20. Board of Education Members, Harrington Park School District. Accessed October 24, 2022.
21. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Harrington Park Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2021. Accessed January 16, 2023. "The Harrington Park Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of five elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent/Board Secretary is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A Business Administrator is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District."

External links

• Official website
• School Performance Reports for the Harrington Park School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Harrington Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Northern Valley Regional High School District